The previous entry was about the BBC in general, this entry will focus on one of its more popular and long running program, Doctor Who. Doctor Who began to be broadcast on the BBC on November 23, 1963. It starts the mysterious and over enthusiastic Doctor who is a humanoid known as a Time Lord. It is his duty as a time lord to protect the space time continuum by encountering numerous enemies and fixing glitches in the time field. Doctor Who is known to be the longest running science-fiction show in broadcast history and holds the title of the most popular science-fiction show when media sales, ratings and merchandise sales are compared. Since the show’s creation in 1963, 26 seasons have run. In 1989 production halted for the series and attempts to reboot it via a 1996 television film failed. It wouldn’t be until 2005 when the production for the show would once again commence. One who hasn’t seen this series will wonder, how do the writers work with actors with a show that has been running for a near 50 years? To simply put it, the only consistent character in the series is the doctor himself and the writers write in actor changes with the element of “regeneration.” This regeneration ability allows the Doctor to change bodies and to an extent his personality whenever he becomes hurt, “too old”, etc... The show has seen major success with its innovative stories. Because of the ability to travel through time and space to other dimensions, the possibility for stories are endless. Doctor Who is currently on it’s 11th doctor, Matt Smith and the 27th season is currently in production. Doctor Who aires on BBC 1 and BBC America.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_who
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